Ruby Update

Hi Everyone,

S'mee  Ruby to tell you some of my latest adventures.

I have had fun with my best friend Dougal again and here he is with my favorite chewed up milk carton.

Do you think that if  I stare at him hard enough he will give it back to me??  Well maybe not !!

I also like socks and I steal them whenever I can even if they are in the laundry basket waiting to be pegged on to the line.

I run off with them so fast that no one can catch me and it's great fun.

And I don't care if they are on my mums feet.

She tries to stop me getting them but I tug so hard that they come straight off

I like to make her laugh and she calls me a little thief, but I give them back to her eventually ... and then steal them again

Dougal had an operation the other week so now neither of us can have puppies.

Here he is in his babygro so that he cant get to the wound and he was feeling really sorry for himself.

We couldn't play together for a week until he felt better but now he is back to his old self and just as naughty as me

He is a Cockapoo and he is really kind to me even though I bark and growl at him.

 But he knows that I love him and we have such fun together.

Here he is with a ball that his mum bought for him to play with.

It lasted about ten minutes as he pulled all the soft stuffing out of it and scattered it around the house.

He is trying to look innocent here but the stuffing is hanging from  his mouth so he didn't fool anybody.

We are going on our holidays soon and so my mum is trying to get all her work done before we go, and busy writing up blog posts so that they will go out regularly.


We will have lots more to tell you  from Wales and we hope the weather will be kind. See you again soon

Bye for now .... Ruby 

Card Winner

Hi Everybody,

Just a quick short post today to announce the winner of yesterday's Shabby Chic card as I am trying to do this on my IPad and in a bumpy car at the same time and I keep hitting the wrong key. It's taking me ages to type what I want to say .....

I have Ruby and Dougal settled in the back of the car and we are all off to Wales on our jolly holidays

It's been raining earlier but at the moment it is cloudy and fine. Griff is driving and has picked a number from the amount of comments and the name today is yours ....

PattyB

Please send me your postal address to

christina@card-making-magic

and the card will be on its way to you.

I won't be able to post it to you till next week so please be patient

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie 22 - Shabby Chic

Hi Everybody,

Todays FF is a 6" square card that is decorated with a cameo and flowers.

There is lots of interest on this card that does not show up in the photograph

The sentiment says to To My Friend but if you wanted to use the card then you can always change this if you wished

It is in shades of pale pink and delicate green with lots of sparkle.

Would you like to have this card ??? Then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of the post and come back tomorrow to check

A name will be chosen at random so you will need to come back and check if it is YOU.

I may be a little late posting this one to you as I will be on holiday in Wales for a week ... but you will get it as soon as I get back home

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx 

Enjoy the Journey ...

Hi Everybody,

The title of todays blog post is the stamp and die set that is free with this months Die Cutting Essentials 25

It consists of dies to create the car, foliage and flowers and stamps to compliment the items and help you to create your own scene

It was a lot of fun to play with and there are many more ideas within the magazine itself.  Plenty for you to get your teeth into.

It will be on sale on the 8th June so keep a look out for it on the shelves.

For this card I have teamed it with the Happy Hooves die set that was the free gift with Papercraft Essentials mag on the 1st June

All the free gifts with these magazines are quality items and they will help you to build up your "stash" quite quickly and give you a good read at the same time.

So grab a brew and settle down to watch the video featuring this kit and 

DCE 25 - Enjoy the Journey

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Tuesday Tutorial - Celebration Banners

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is a fun celebrations one that would suit childrens parties or events. 

Make it in bright and bold colours and get the kids to help create invitations for their own parties to give to their friends. 

 Really easy to do and with supervision from you they will be something that children can be proud to make and happy to give.

Spellbinders Supplies

• SCD-004 Day Dreams 
• SCD-019 Banner Trio 
• SCD-029 Celebrations Fun Sentiments
• S5-131 A2 Matting Basics A
• S5-132 A2 Matting Basics B
• PL-001 Platinum Die Cutting Machine

Other Supplies.

• Coloured Card
• Fun Foam Sheets

Instructions:

With the largest rectangle die from the A set cut two panels in deep turquoise for the base card

With the largest die from the B set cut one panel in a paler turquoise for the layer

Wrap thie layer with turquoise twine for the banners to attach to and then add to the base card

Cut the banners in the colours of your choice and layer them onto another colour. 

Carefully cut around the outside edge to give you a two colour banner

Cut the sun and clouds and ink lightly to give some shading to the shapes

Cut Celebrate from white card and again from fun foam and stack together for dimension

Arrange the banners along the twine and add foam pads underneath to raise them up.

Arrange the clouds and sun as you like on the card

Add the sentiment to the top of the banners

Quick and easy 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

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